Election law

The absence of a unified electoral code and the amendment of some legislative provisions in the electoral field too close to the elections, as well as the low presence of women are the main shortcomings of the Romanian electoral process noted by Marianne Mikko, head of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Special Election Assessment Mission (ODIHR SEAM) to Romania.

The draft bill for Greece's new electoral law was submitted Monday to a parliamentary committee for debate, before being put to a vote in a plenary session on January 22.
Before this time, the committee will convene three times - Wednesday, Thursday and Monday.
The new law provides for bonus seats for the winning party.

An appeals court has upheld a three-month jail sentence for a man who had been found guilty for taking a photo of his ballot paper during the 2017 referendum and sharing it on social media.

CeSID Executive Director Bojan Klacar has said that around 15,000 signatures have been falsified "in the election campaign."

According to him, this indicates "an organized or a semi-organized system." The signatures in question are collected by parties to support their election list. Each electoral list must submit at least 10,000 statements, i.e., signatures, certified by law.